Egg packing apparatus



EGG PACKING APPARATUS 49 Sheets-Sheet 1 Original Filed Feb. 14, 1961 Dec. 21, 1965 A. v. scoLLARD ETAL 3,224,160

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1. IN A MACHINE FOR HANDLING EGGS, MEANS FOR DELIVERING EGGS TO AN EGG DISCHARGE STATION, CONVEYOR MEANS MOUNTED IN THE EGG DISCHARGE STATION, THE CONVEYOR BEING ADAPTED TO ACCOMMODATE EITHER EGG TRAYS OR EGG CARTONS, THE EGG TRAYS HAVING FIVE ROWS OF SIX EGGS EACH AND THE EGG CARTONS HAVING TWO ROWS OF SIX EGGS EACH, MEANS FOR FEEDING CARTONS OR TRAYS TO THE CONVEYOR, MEANS FOR ADVANCING THE CARTONS OR TRAYS INTO THE EGG DISCHARGE STATION, MEANS FOR CAUSING THE DISCHARGE OF EGGS, AND MEANS MOUNTED ON THE CONVEYOR ADAPTED TO BE ENGAGED BY THE CARTONS OR TRAYS FOR SENSING WHETHER CARTONS OR TRAYS ARE BEING ADVANCED BY THE CONVEYOR AND CONNECTED TO SAID MEANS FOR CAUSING THE DISCHARGE OF EGGS TO CAUSE THE EGGS TO BE DISCHARGED IN THE DISCHARGE STATION IN A PROPER MANNER TO FILL CARTONS OR TRAYS AS THE CARTONS OR TRAYS ARE ADVANCED. 